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It turns out that “Gossip Girl” is actually Gossip Boy. In the long-running show’s series finale Monday night, the identity of the titular blogger who cruelly revealed every character’s secrets was finally revealed. It was none other than Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgeley). In retrospect it made sense. The guy has done nothing but write about […]

Six years ago when “Gossip Girl” debuted, the economy was booming, the “one percent” were celebrated, and every twentysomething blogger fell for the smart, funny show that portrayed teen life as brutal social warfare. Some critics were not sure what to make of the series’ frank depiction of sexuality and drug use. The Parents Television […]

“Gossip Girl” returns Monday night (CW, 8/7c) with an episode that finds half the cast partying in Los Angeles. Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) has a new mantra, “Just say yes,” and that lighthearted spirit permeates the entire episode. It’s an hour of blue skies, enormous necklaces, and surprising plot twists. The show seems to be […]

‘Gossip Girl‘ returns with new original episodes tonight. When we last saw Manhattan’s most privileged young adults, Serena had vowed revenge on her mother for having her former teacher arrested on bogus statutory rape charges. Chuck vowed to get his family’s business back. In the interim,’Skins‘, a teen show that is generating even more controversy […]

Fifteen years ago, the Internet was the newfangled Information Super Highway, and e-mail was the hot new app. The economy was booming. Teen stars were largely relegated to wholesome family sit-coms, which back then actually aired on broadcast network television. They were far from the megacelebrities that Miley Cryus and Selena Gomez are today. Barely […]

Has raccoon-eyed, Goth girl Taylor Momsen finally gone too far? The once cute-as-a-button child star — who pitched Shake n’ Bake on TV at age 3 — has apparently been benched from the edgy teen drama ‘Gossip Girl.’ Deadline.com says Momsen – who also fronts a band called The Pretty Reckless — will disappear for […]

The GQ photo shoot featuring three ‘Glee’ stars all in their twenties looks downright chaste compared to what ‘Gossip Girl‘s Taylor Momsen is doing in public on night club stages. Fancast Users Speak: Did ‘Glee’s GQ Photos Go Too Far? In the midst of her band Pretty Reckless performing a Thursday night set at Don […]

Fashion marketing spoiler alert! A ‘Gossip‘ girl is stumping for the Material Girl. The usually rock ‘n’ Goth-y Taylor Momsen has quieted down her dramatic look a bit in the first of a series of print ads for Madonna’s Material Girl clothing line, which will be available at Macy*s starting August 3. The line is […]

The ‘Gossip Girl‘ season finale was a fitting end to the season; it was an unsatisfying mish mash whose allusions to past episodes only served to remind me of how much better the show used to be. Thanks to the episode aptly titled Last Tango, Then Paris, I can add another entry to the list […]

A great bit player can be a television show’s secret weapon. I’m not talking about quirky supporting characters who are in every episode. I mean the peripheral characters who pop up occasionally and offer a counterpoint to all the main characters drama. There’s barkeep Joe on ‘Grey’s Anatomy‘ (Steven W. Bailey), foot amputating secretary Lois […]